Even
Phil Kessel has come to life. Although his goal-scoring slump has hit 13 games,
he was very engaged in this game, making several key plays and battling for
space and pucks. It was Kessel that made a great play on Toronto's goal as he
sacrificed his body, scooping up a rebound and feeding linemate Nikolai Kulemin(notes)
in front for a tap-in.

Perhaps
there's still time for Kessel to play well enough to thwart a wave of milk
cartons with his picture on them flooding the ACC ...